For the umpteenth time, The Star-Ledger has given a voice to a select few of the Rutgers faculty who vehemently oppose the school having a major presence in big-time college athletics. I would like to remind these professors their employer is not Harvard, Amherst or Colgate.

Rutgers is a proud, tradition-filled state university. We should act the part of what we are, and not pretend to be a glorified private school.

Richard Ebright, professor of chemistry, is quoted as saying there is a “deep and broad dissatisfaction among the faculty” with regards to the Rutgers Board of Governors’ decision-making connected to athletics.

The number of professors who were counted in the vote was 177. There are 2,067 full- and part-time professors in New Brunswick. That is not what I consider “deep and broad dissatisfaction.”

Again, Rutgers is doing what it should be doing: Acting that part of what it is, and not pretending to be something it isn’t.

Jim de Lyon, Closter

The right vote

A big thank you to the faculty of Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences for having the courage to criticize the revered athletic department and call for a cut in its subsidies. The university has suffered as a result of the exorbitant salary paid to the football coach, as well as the stadium boondoggle.

The Rutgers Board of Governors should be looking out for the interests of the whole university, not just the athletic program. The emphasis of the university should be on education and research. Athletics should be secondary.